“Marks”_Vs._“The_Youngest_Daughter”

“Marks” Vs. “The Youngest Daughter” “Marks” vs. “The Youngest Daughter” The two selections that I will be comparing are “Marks” by Linda Pastan and “The Youngest Daughter” by Cathy Song. Both of these poems relate to a mother, her family, and her difficulties. In the poem “Marks” the author reflects on how the mother is being graded by her family, also on how the mother feels about their decisions. In this poem, I think that it is sad. The mother is going to leave just because her family is too harsh on her. I would never want to be in her situation. Ultimately the mother will be giving up on her family, even though she knows is she applied herself more to her families’ likeness, that she would receive better grades on her household duties, as a mother. In the poem “The Youngest Daughter” the author wrote how the daughter compared her mother in her past to how she is now. The author also describes in detail what the daughter has been doing to her mother. In this mother, daughter, family, youngest, marks, poem, out, giving, because, author, thought, taken, selections, sad, now, learn, knows, just, give, feels, care, both, about, wrote, wonder, way, vs, ultimately, two, trusted, tired, til, though, think